Banksy Makes Walls Worth Millions

Used to be that when a wall got tagged with graffiti, a shop owner or a city official would groan and call to get the paint removed. Now, in certain circumstances, it could be likened to winning the lottery. Such is the case in the UK where a section of a wall that famouser-than-famous Banksy painted is being auctioned online, thought to possibly rope in around a million dollars. So what’s the lesson here? Before you call the spray paint removing hotline, first you call your art dealer to see if you’ve got anything of value there.

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